17:60:02:01.  Purpose of parole hearing. A parole hearing with the board shall provide to each inmate whose application is considered an opportunity to present to the board a statement of the inmate's needs, desires, problems, evaluation of present progress, and plans for the future. The board shall consider the presentation by the inmate; shall consider the presentations of other persons favoring or opposing parole; shall review all available history, medical, social, and psychological information, past and present difficulties, institutional adjustment, and progress of the inmate; and shall consider treatment possibilities or other plans for the inmate.

          Source: 4 SDR 54, effective February 23, 1978; 12 SDR 162, effective April 20, 1986; 41 SDR 107, effective January 5, 2015.

          General Authority: SDCL 24-13-7.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 24-13-7, 24-15-8.